Word: fictioners
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...John, Joseph Wesley and Fletcher -had made a name for themselves* in the book-publishing business, still had some idle press time on their hands. To keep presses and employees profitably busy they started Harper's New Monthly Magazine, a sort of undigested Reader's Digest of fiction of the day, bought the galley proofs of the current works of Dickens, Thackeray, Trollope and other English greats, and ran them as serials. Overnight, Harper's became a success. Literary Americans became such fans of the magazine, not only for its fiction but for its factual articles...
...Harper's barely kept up with the whizzing journalistic world. In the depression of the 1890s, it almost went under. Only in the nick of time did J. P. Morgan bail it out with fresh funds. In the mid-'20s, the emphasis on illustration and fiction that had won Harper's its fame was jettisoned as Harper's changed with the changing times. The magazine began to concentrate on current affairs...
...nationwide basis, used the slogan: "Be Happy-Go Lucky!" The reaction was immediate. The company was flooded with letters demanding payment; a few of the writers threatened to sue. But American Tobacco, said Advertising Manager A. R. Stevens, would pay no one. Stevens also tried to lay the fiction, once & for all, with some facts...
...last finished building his Connecticut dream house. As he commuted between his country acres and his Madison Avenue office, Blandings got to thinking that it wasn't really enough just to own a house. A man ought to pull his weight in the community. What happened to fiction's famous flannel-brained Manhattan adman in the social & political briers of rural New England is the lightsome burden of Blandings' Way, FORTUNE Editor Eric Hodgins' sequel to Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House...
Ideal & Reality. Though his reputation has been largely based on his poetry, Aiken may well be remembered most for his short stories. In his latest book he has brought together 29 of them; the result is an impressive handful of fiction...